Radeon Instinct MI8 vs Radeon R9 FURY X
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon Instinct MI8 |
| 100 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 FURY X . |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports TrueAudio |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 FURY X |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports TrueAudio |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Core Configuration
| Radeon Instinct MI8 | | Radeon R9 FURY X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Fiji (Fiji XT) | vs | Fiji (Fiji XT C8) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 596 mm² | vs | 596 mm² |
| Transistors | 8,900 million | vs | 8,900 million |
| Shaders | 4096 | vs | 4096 |
| Compute Units | 64 | vs | 64 |
| Core clock | 1050 Mhz | vs | 1050 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 256 | vs | 256 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon Instinct MI8 | | Radeon R9 FURY X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | HBM | vs | HBM |
| Bus Width | 4096 bit | vs | 4096 bit |
| Memory Speed | 500 MHz
1000 MHz effective | vs | 500 MHz
1000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon Instinct MI8 | | Radeon R9 FURY X | |
|---|
| TDP | 175 watts | vs | 275 watts |
| Release Date | UNRELEASED | vs | 24 Jun 2015 |
Radeon Instinct MI8
67.20 GP/s
Radeon R9 FURY X
67.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon Instinct MI8
269.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 FURY X
268.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon Instinct MI8
512.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 FURY X
512.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon Instinct MI8
8602.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 FURY X
8602.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better